Remember to stay hydrated! Dehydration can cause many issues from feeling dizzy to headaches, exhaustion, muscle aches, and fainting. LARPing is hard work! Even if your character avoids combat, we have a large site and most of it is on an incline. Please remember to drink water often!
If you believe you are or are becoming sick, stay home and do not attend game. It is very important to stay home and rest to get better and to make sure that you are not getting anyone else sick. There are people in our community who have compromised immune systems, who have demanding jobs that do not give sick pay, and who have small children at home. In addition to these examples, there are many more people who cannot afford to get sick. As a player and a member of this community, common decency demands you do your part to not pass along illnesses or contagions.
While you are at game:
Cover your coughs and sneezes with your elbow (not your hands!).
Keep clean and make use of the showers on site.
Do not share drinking and eating vessels with others.
Wash your hands frequently and definitely before and after eating. If you cannot wash, then use an alcohol-based sanitizer.
Hypothermia and dehydration are the biggest risks during cold temperatures. The symptoms of hypothermia are shivering, confusion and/or trouble speaking, fatigue, lack of coordination, and increased hunger. If these symptoms begin, get inside and warm up. Next, right away, contact a member of Safety team to check in! This way, Safety team can make sure later it hasn't gotten worse.
You should contact Safety team immediately if you see someone who is experiencing any of the above symptoms, especially in combination with any of the following:
Shivers so severe they cannot speak or no more shivering altogether while still in the cold (this one is very important to note)
Increased clumsiness and lost coordination
Slurring speech
Confusion and poor decision-making, such as trying to remove warm clothes
Increasing drowsiness and fatigue
Lack of concern about their condition (this is a symptom of shock, not a conscious state of stupidity)
Slow, shallow breathing
A weaker pulse
Losing consciousness
Staying aware of hypothermia risks is important: every moment counts.
Go inside to get warm.
Exchange any wet or sweaty clothes for new dry ones.
Use blankets to warm up, especially the core of the body and the head.
Drink plenty of warm fluids such as tea.
Continue to roleplay outside.
Run cold limbs under hot water.
Attempt to warm the arms and legs. Heating or massaging the limbs of someone in this condition can stress the heart and lungs.
Smoke anything, such as a cigarette or a vape.
Heat stroke and dehydration are the biggest risks during hot temperatures. The symptoms of heat stroke are throbbing headache, dizziness and light-headedness, lack of sweating despite the heat, and red, hot, dry skin. If these symptoms begin, get inside and cool down. Next, right away, contact a member of Safety team to check in! This way, Safety team can make sure later it hasn't gotten worse.
You should contact Safety team immediately if you see someone who is experiencing any of the above symptoms, especially in combination with any of the following:
Muscle weakness or cramps
Nausea and vomiting
Rapid heartbeat, which may be either strong or weak
Rapid, shallow breathing
Behavioral changes such as confusion, disorientation, or staggering
Seizures
Fainting and unconsciousness
This is important and every moment counts.
Go inside to get cool in an open airy room.
Remove any wet or sweaty clothes in exchange for new dry ones.
Fan air over the patient while wetting their skin with a damp rag.
Immerse the patient in a shower or tub of cool water (not cold water).
Apply ice packs to the patient's armpits, groin, neck, and back.
Continue to roleplay outside.
Stay in sunny areas.
Stay in stuffy closed rooms with little air flow.
Wear too many heavy layers especially on the head and torso.